In real life, the Blackjack Team was mostly composed of Asian-American males. However, studio executives have cast mostly white actors to portray these men in the film. Ben Mezrich, author of Bringing Down the House, has noted a “stereotypical” casting process on the part of Hollywood.
The scenes in the MIT bar were actually filmed across the Charles River at the Boston University Pub. MIT would not allow filming on campus. Filming also took place at the Christian Science Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
This is the third film in which Kevin Spacey and Kate Bosworth have starred together. The first was Beyond the Sea, which Spacey directed, and the second was Superman Returns. The pair will again star together in the Superman Returns sequel Superman: The Man of Steel.
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